The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-29

An entertainments was given in the Ad-
: ventist churchsst West Union on Sunday
evening last wslich wss largely attended
and very pleasant The donations Were
very liberal. Seventy doiiara were ccn-
tribated for missionary purposes.
Mesdarncs Gen. W. T. Sherman and
Gen. p. II. Sheridan, have sent to Father
O'Reily, for use IN the Irish Catholic
church, fine yestments and furniture.
They will be valued on account OF the
friendly spirit which prompted the gift.
Henry Keller returned on Tuesday
with the dynamo machine for lighting
the Keller factory with electricity. Our
ipeople should take hold of this matter OF
electric lighting, and persuade Mr. Keller
to extend the connections to the village.
! The rink, or the opera house, should be
made more comfortable. During the
singing weather it is impossible to keep
ones feet warm even when protected by
overshoes. The building is all open I'M
der the floor, allowing the wind full play.
j Win Rey1ick of Grafton, is the guest of
/ Hon. Joseph Capser. Mr. Reylick has
just closed the first year Of his business
career in Grafton, and has sold far more
goods than he. anticipated. He is pros
pering beyond his most sangtline expecta-
tons.
Herbert Adams of Chicago, Temple
Piers of Boston, and Z. L. Woodwork
of St. Paul, all rustling boot and shoe
men, were displaying their goods on
Monday at the Sank Centre House. The
/ 1, II L. Etya ,aa,,,yr1DFh hNnE
shoe house.
The program comn1itte of the alumni
association held a meeting on Tuesday
afternoon for the discussion of different
topics for program of exercises for the
next annual meeting, to be held in June
next. The finance committee will hold a
meeting on Friday afternoon.
Hereafter the HERALD will make spe-
cial feature of it's market reports, which
| will be corrected just before going to
press each week. That the report may
be accurate the leading dealers in the
several commodities. quoted will be con-
suited and the prices given may be relied
| upon as accurate.
ia. Cauglren came up from ST. Faul
on Saturday night and spent Christmas
| iloilS liz iOl 1Icsh.J Cll
business. Cauglren Bros. have distribu-
ted four thousand dollars among farmers
in the vicinity of Sank Centre since their
return. If this vicinity were blessed with
many more men Of such enterprise it
would be better.
E. B. Hastsen was in town during the
past week. he having just returned from
| Pelican Rapids where he has established
a local agency for taking i'll ties for the
Manitoba road. The company viii buy
all the ties offered, and it is expected they
will purchase about four millions In
| Todd county this winter. They have
one mill, running on sawed ties, and will
purchase from other mills under contract
Charlie White has cutter which is de-
| cidedly unique in appearance and as COM
| Portable as could ke desired. It is the
product of the combined skill and work
manship Of Messrs. White and G. M.
| Human, and was built here 1t is low,
with high dash and back, ornamented
with metal swans heads and various
curves and curis, and is comfortably up
| holstered. It is handsomely painted and
presents a very striking appearance.
Last Thursday evening a number of
young people gaVc a surprise party to
Harry Pierce. lie was Unaware of any
thing unusual Until his guests arrived.
| Games were played, refreshments served,
| and some music and Rotations were well
rendered. When the party was ready
for their departure teams were in readi-
ness to convey them to their respective
homes. All report having good time,
and Harry is to .be congratulated on his
success i'll entertaining his friends.
Court will. convene in the Grand Ar
my hall CT Monday next with Judge
Searle on the bench. The hall has been
converted into a very comfortable and
convenient court room by the erection of
q suitable bench, clerks desk and railing
separating the bar from the spectators.
The cases assigned, as previously print
ed, will be tried ard the calendar is a
good one. The petit jury Will be in at
tendance. Judge Searie has ruled that no
cases will be tried IN Sank Centre except
with consent ofail parties to the suit
Marie & Schark have purchased the
stock Of harnesses of Townseid g Rowe,
which consolidates i'll them the three
stocks formerly owned in this village by
Messrs. How Bros. & Co., Townsend &
Rowe and the original firm of Marie &
Schank. On the first Of January the firm
will be dissolved, Mr. Marie taking the
store now occupied by him in the Smith
| building, and Mr. Schank conducting
separate business i'll the same line in the
store just east Of Capsers. Both will
have fully equipped shops, with manu-
featuring and repairing facilities, and it
is their intention to enter into good-nat-
| urcd competition for trade.
II. Jay Stedman, who has recently pur-
| chased the Hoople mill and the Novelty
I wood works, IS. pushing business with
energy i'll the old lines at present, but in
the early spring he will make very marked
changes and improvements. It is his
| purpose to put in tully-equipped roller
| mill for custom business, fit up the old
| novelty building and remove the wood
working machinery thither, and
make decided enlargement of his facih-
ties for doing business. Mr.. Stedman is
-! full of enterprise and public spirit, with
| abundant capital, and is a valuable ac-
QUESTION to Sank Centre.
FARMERS IEsTITUTE.-The most nota-
] bic and by far the most important meeting
! in relation to the agricultural interests
| ever held in Sank Centre was the state
Farmers Institute, which convened
last week. The opening day was cold
and stormy, the roads having been seri-
ousiy hlockaded by snow, and the num-
Der of farmers present was not large
but enough to give the conductor and
| lecturers encouragement to believe that it
would be, what it was, a success. To
attempt to give any adequate idea of the
subject matter of the addresses would be
futile, They were all of a character
which addressed themselves directly to
the agricultural classes, and with the
freedom of illustration and the ripeness